hi all

[lee666jd]

hi all ive just got myself a 1987 mk1 mr2 t top 1st time owner of one loveing it already.
1st thing i found out thow was the clutch was slipping :$ so ive just spent the weekend putting a new one in it went well all the way till the end where i seem to have lost 5th and reverse they worked perfect b4 also the gear stick feels sloppy as the reason i cant get the 2 gears is thats where 3rd and 4th are any advice please :)

[Kateg28]

Hello and Welcome. Not able to offer any advice apart from watch this space as we have some very knowledgeable and extremely helpful people on here. Do you have some pictures?

Tell us more about yourself, what cars have you owned before, if any, and whereabouts are you based?

[julianw]

Hello. Easy jobs first, eh? Blimey, it was years before I summoned the nerve to do a clutch!

If you disconnect the gearchange cables at the gearbox end, you should be able to shift the two arms that they operate, with your hands. IIRC, the upper arm (pivots in a horizontal plane) moves across the gate - i.e. between 1-2, 3-4 and 5-R. Can you feel it doing this? If that seems to be ok, at least the issue is only in the linkages.
There is no adjustment in the cables though that I'm aware of, so I'm guessing that the way you have clipped the cable outers back in at the gearbox end is wrong, keeping the inner extended too much or too little for you to get all the way across the gate.
To get proper access to the shift lever end of things, remove the storage box at the rear of the centre console (four screws, 2 on the side, 2 inside (ignore the two right under the lid)) then the console itself - two screws on each side - at the rear and about 2/3 the way along the armrest (don't lose the plastic washers that spread the load), then two screws hidden beneath the cover for the handbrake mech (these are on a 45 degree angle - your screwdriver needs to be coming up from the driver's footwell at this angle), one screw behind the ashtray (remove the ashtray with care, most have the front hinge of the lid broken), two screws under the felt pad at the very front end of the console and two screws underneath the front end of the console - again approach from the footwells, but pointing straight up. Unscrew the gear knob too before you start to lift the console up and over it, starting at the back end. Reassembly is.....
Let me know what you find

[cabbydave]

I would check you have clipped the cables in correctly at the gearbox end first and check there isnt something lodged in the gearlever gaiter If it worked before it should work now unless A you've broken something or not put the cables together correctly

[julianw]

Dave, is it possible to get the cables swapped over? Not that I think the result would be the symptoms here. Or would it? The gearlever 'feels sloppy' (in one direction?) but won't move far enough in the other direction? Perhaps you should try swapping the cable ends over at the gearbox! Just to see if each will reach the other crank.

[lee666jd]

hi thanks for the welcome i did manage to sort the problem out it turns out it was abit omy own fault while changing the clutch i was pulling on the top part of the gearbox lever and slightly moved it so it wasn't in full cantact with the lower one hammer and a screwdriver sorted the problem out quickly :)
anyway as sed earlier abit more about me i'm 24,from rotherham this is the 1st mk1 mr2 ive owned i did briefly own a mk2 but it was somthing to fix and make money on i'm really into classic and retro cars ive owned a fair few heres a few of them

this was my 3rd kaddet coupe ive not got photos of the other 2 apart from on paper this was a little beauty
http://www.mr2mk1club.com/images/imported/2012/11/323_1042926390685_2078_n1-1.jpg

this is my 4th kadett coupe she started out horrible bronze colour but i bought her after shed bin off the road 10 years and changed her from this
http://www.mr2mk1club.com/images/imported/2012/11/149901_1702650043364_8041528_n-1.jpg
to this
http://www.mr2mk1club.com/images/imported/2012/11/323_1042927110703_2121_n-1.jpg

after i sold that i went abit bigger and thought this would do but i didn't feel the love for her sad really
http://www.mr2mk1club.com/images/imported/2012/11/5189_1188877159363_5880074_n-1.jpg
http://www.mr2mk1club.com/images/imported/2012/11/180387_1862171271295_2820716_n-1.jpg
there are to many cars to really go onabout so ill just stick the photos up
http://www.mr2mk1club.com/images/imported/2012/11/29715_1447484304380_3436602_n-1.jpg
http://www.mr2mk1club.com/images/imported/2012/11/74061_1702801847159_6881656_n-1.jpg
http://www.mr2mk1club.com/images/imported/2012/11/150394_1741870943862_1434103_n-1.jpg
http://www.mr2mk1club.com/images/imported/2012/11/189623_1894580441504_6290364_n-1.jpg
http://www.mr2mk1club.com/images/imported/2012/11/248721_2090409777115_4439713_n-1.jpg
http://www.mr2mk1club.com/images/imported/2012/11/540558_3681302628442_830747179_n-1.jpg
http://www.mr2mk1club.com/images/imported/2012/11/2007shows_TheLastBlast23rdSepteber2007_P-1.jpg
this one is what ive built for my partner hence the colour i bought it like this
http://www.mr2mk1club.com/images/imported/2012/11/249350_2104872018662_4659469_n-1.jpg
and turned it into the pinkmagic lol
http://www.mr2mk1club.com/images/imported/2012/11/417555_4344601930510_574519048_n-1.jpg
and now finally my mk1 mr2 long time to get to it i know sorry
http://www.mr2mk1club.com/images/imported/2012/11/DSC_0159-1.jpg
http://www.mr2mk1club.com/images/imported/2012/11/DSC_0158-1.jpg
its pretty much standard atm but ive got plans for her but i'm really concentrating on getting her mechanically perfect and all undersealed and stuff

[Kateg28]

Second best colour (after the Mica Red) if you ask me - don't change it! Rotherham is Opp North int'it? Very active members up there and some extremely helpful ones. No idea where Rotherham is in relation to them though.

I am not a fan of vauxhalls particularly although an ex was trying to restore an Ventura once. However I am partial to a capri. I like the black one and is that a blue one next to the MR2 in the last picture? Might be a Rover SD1 if not but I am struggling otherwise

[julianw]

Hi and welcome. Impressive car history! Don't miss out on our runs next year.
Granada?

[lee666jd]

hi yea and it is a granada and well the mr2 took a bad turn today had some new tyres on it but 1 must a been defective as i had a large blow out on the rear and it threw me into a ditch and took a little roll so now all the good bits that are left are up for grabs so if any1 need anthing let me know as it will be on ebay this weekend

[cabbydave]

Thats a real bummer I'd go back and kick off top the tyre fitters. Hope you get another one soon(mk1 that is )

[lee666jd]

yea i wernt best pleased ill be on there case 2moz but just recovering from it all now spent 2 hours strapped to a board in a ambulance n ill be getting another on the look out for 1 now ebay scouting as we speak

[Kateg28]

Oh dear. Sorry to hear that, it must have been frightening! At least you are basically okay, bumps and bruises can heal!

[julianw]

Glad to hear you.re alright (mostly). Good luck with the search.

[cabbydave]

yea i wernt best pleased ill be on there case 2moz but just recovering from it all now spent 2 hours strapped to a board in a ambulance n ill be getting another on the look out for 1 now ebay scouting as we speak

If your looking for one that needs a tiny bit of welding and has had arches done and has good wings in white I might be able to help you I want £475 for it.

[lee666jd]

i already got one :) back on the road again :) this time ive put some wheel off my kadett on it i know the tyres are good im unsure what to do about the scrap mk1 now it would be a pitty to scrap the engine and box as they are excellent still runs like a dream does any1 know what they are worth or know any1 who wants it not asking much as i need it gone

[lee666jd]

If your looking for one that needs a tiny bit of welding and has had arches done and has good wings in white I might be able to help you I want £475 for it.

thanks for the offer thow if id a seen this b4 i got one id a took it im a welder too so wunt a bin a prob to fix